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Not that fussed about the rock

Thursday, 9 March 2017, 11:17 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The rock arch at Dwejra collapsed yesterday – how could you not have heard? – and the government found it necessary to call a press conference. Yes, that’s right – the...

Parallel economies

Thursday, 9 March 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

A friend told me: We might be getting it wrong when we talk about the Maltese economy as if it were just one entity. Actually it is not: there exists a range of systems which are independent from each...

There’s still a need for Woman’s Day

Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 08:56 Last update: about 10 years ago Miriam Dalli

There is a need for Woman’s Day, as in spite of the advances made in society over the past years, there are still many who believe that women are inferior to men, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli...

‘Gender equality has not yet arrived’

Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 08:21 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

On the occasion of Women’s Day, my Faculty issued this position: The Faculty for Social Wellbeing welcomes the general consensus there is in this Country that gender issues should be...

Devious politicians cannot commit to good governance

Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 08:52 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

One may find it hard to grasp, perhaps even harder to absorb, the serious implications of the current goings-on in the local political scenario.  But it is becoming clearer. Government is failing...

A future for Europe?

Monday, 6 March 2017, 08:01 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

The debate about the future of Europe has been launched. Some people call me a eurosceptic, even though probably I believe more staunchly in Europe than they do. The Europe I stand for though is...

University, proficiency in English and the PN

Monday, 6 March 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

If there was a sector in which the PN excelled in the past, this was tertiary education. In Italian, it was ‘il fiore all’occhiello’ of all PN policies; though this does not mean...

The sleazy and corrupt businessmen who plague Maltese politics

Sunday, 5 March 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I’m going to write this column without names, not because I have any problem mentioning them, but because I don’t want to involve this newspaper in any polemics or legal battles. But you...

Possible negative impact on Malta from Brexit

Sunday, 5 March 2017, 10:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

While we, as a country, have not been discussing Brexit to any great extent, the official received wisdom has been that Malta might benefit from the fall-out. I myself, through some of my writings,...

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